Three years after the immense popular success of King Vidor's THE BIG PARADE (1925), Vidor directed THE CROWD, another silent drama about an average man caught up in great social forces that he doesn't fully understand. One of the few major Hollywood productions to deal realistically
with the daily struggles and disappointments of ordinary people, THE CROWD, though fully as ambitious as its predecessor, was considerably less ingratiating.
On July 4th, 1900, John Sims is born in a small American town. At the age of 21, nine years after the death of his father, John (James Murray) arrives in New York City, where he procures a job as a nearly anonymous accountant i...
Released:
1928
Rated:
NR
Length:
103 mins